Asymmetric Ashes: Type Ia Supernovae Monday, October 5th, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Artist's impression of how Type Ia supernovae may look like as suggested by spectro-polarimetry observations. The outer...
How Supergiant Stars Lose Mass Monday, September 28th, 2009 - Ehud Rattner Two teams of astronomers, one from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, and one from the Paris...
The Crab Supernova Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The nebula was first observed...
Milky Way's Particle Accelerators Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Researchers from the Astronomical Institute at Utrecht University have been observing the Milky Way’s particle accelerators...
Astronomers recently announced that they have found a novel explanation for a rare type of super-luminous stellar explosion that may have produced a...
Strange Ring Found Circling a Dead Star Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 - Ehud Rattner NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected an unusual ring of material surrounding the magnetic remains of a blasted star...
